Coin-holder



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W. ROBINSON.

OGINHOLDER.

No. 587,018.y Patented July 27, 1897,

WADE ROBINSON, OE NEW YORK, N.v

PATENT OFFICE.

Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE PATENT PUR- CHASE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK.

COIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,018, dated July 27, 189'?.

Application filed J une 2 2, l 8 9 5.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, WADE ROBINSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Coin-Holders, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had'to the accompanying drawings, forming a rpart of this specification. My inventionrelates to that class of coinholders in which the coins are maintained in position for ready removll from the tubular container by the forward pressure of a spring.

My coin-holder is especially designed for nickels and for their convenient production when required for car-fare, but it may be adapted to coins of any denomination.

I shall describe my coin-holder with reference tothe accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Figure l is a perspective view of the coinholder. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the tube.

The coin-holder is provided with a sheetmetal tube or casing A o f elliptical cross-section, as shown more clearly in Fig. 3, the major aXis of the ellipse being slightly larger than the diameterof the coin for which it is designed. On-one end of this tube is a closefitting plug or cap F. The other end of the tube A is cut off obliquely to its length at such an angle that the plan of the opening is circular. The out is made in two parallel planes, as shown at G G in Fig. 2, these planes being separated a distance slightly larger than the width of the coin for which the holder is designed. This end is partly closed by a permanent cap D, as in Fig. 2, vor I may employ a flange or rim, as in Fig. l. In either case the cover Iits over the upper plane G of the cut only. Inside the tube of such or a `similar construction is placed a spring O, preferably helical and attached at one end to the removable cap F. To the other end of the spring C is fastened a pusher B, the upper face of which is set parallel to the plane of the partly-covered end G G of the tube. A conventional construction of this pusher B is shown in Fig. 2, but this may be varied, the lrequisites for the purpose of my invention serai No. 553,656. (No man.)

being to have the upper face parallel to D, a guiding-face B in contact with the inner face 5 5 of the tube, and means for attaching the spring C.

To ill my coin-holder, a coin E is introduced at G, and on passing the coin upon the upper surface of B the latter is forced down 6o against the pressure of the spring O and the the top coin will be in contact with the u nder surface of the cap or flange D ready for removal when required, which is accomplished by a slight downward and outward pressure of the thumb upon the coin.

'It will be seen that the coin-holder is simple and cheap in construction, convenient in size and shape, durable, eflicient, and useful especially for holding car-fare ready for production.

What I claim as my invention isl. A coin-holder, in which a tube of elliptical cross-section, closed at its lower end and having its upper end cut oft' obliquely to its length and partly closed, is combined with a helical spring seated upon the lower end of the tube and attached to a pushing device one face of which is parallel to the plane of the upper end of the tube 5 substantially as described. 9o

2. In a coin-holder, the combination, with a tube of elliptical cross section closed at its lower end and cut off obliquely at its upper end, of a pushing device having one face parallel to the plane of the upper-end of the tube, aguiding-face in contact with the inner surface of the tube, and means for attaching it to a spring seated upon the lower end of the tube; as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set Ior' my hand this 21st day of June, 1895.

WADE ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

EDWARD A. LAWRENOE, EDWIN B. HOrKINsON. 

